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Immunisation

Immunisation is one of the best ways you can protect yourself, your children and future generations from infectious diseases. In other words, if you vaccinate, you help wipe out disease that could spread now and into the future.

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Baby bundle

From July 2019, the Victorian government will offer first-time parents and carers a bundle of nursery essentials containing key parenting information and resources to support the health, development and wellbeing of their babies.

Youth suicide the warning signs

Healthy living

Women's sexual and reproductive health

Sexual and reproductive health is not only about physical wellbeing – it includes the right to healthy and respectful relationships, health services that are inclusive, safe and appropriate and access to accurate information.

Women's nutrition for life

The best opportunities for good health come from a combination of individual choices such as being more active, not smoking, going easy on alcohol and eating healthily. But what exactly does eating healthily involve?

Endometriosis

Endometriosis is a condition in which cells similar to those that line the uterus, grow in locations outside the uterus. The causes of endometriosis remain unknown, but treatment with medication, surgery or both can help the symptoms of endometriosis.

Mental health services

Stigma, discrimination and mental illness

Social stigma and discrimination can make mental health problems worse and stop a person from getting the help they need. Avoid stigmatising people with mental illness by seeing the person first and not labelling them by their mental illness.

Staying active in hospital

It is important to look after yourself and to keep active as much as possible while you are in hospital. Staying physically and mentally active can help you recover faster and reduce the chance of problems when you go home.

Events and activities

STI Testing Week

If you’re sexually active, you can get a sexually transmissible infection (STI) – even if you practice safe sex most of the time. It’s estimated that around one in every six people will get an STI in their lifetime.

Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. Prostate cancer affects one in 11 Australian men and is common in the over-65's. Many cases are not life-threatening because the cancer can be slow growing.